NORMAL CT CORONARY ANATOMY
3D Image showing RCA and LAD
3D CT image of the ascending aorta and the coronary artery tree, with transparent other cardiac structures
Maximum intensity projection (MIP) showing RCA, LAD,a diagonal of the LAD and the circumflex artery (CX)
LAD coursing from the anterior wall of the left ventricle to the apex
Axial CT slide showing the bifurcation of the LAD and the CX artery
Left Coronary Artery System
LM, left main coronary artery; CX, circumflex artery;
OM, obtuse marginal branch; DB, diagonal branches;
LAD, left anterior descending artery
LM, left main coronary artery; CX, circumflex artery;
OM, obtuse marginal branch; DB, diagonal branches;
LAD, left anterior descending artery
Right Coronary Artery System
CB, conus branch;
RVB, right ventricular branch;
RDP, right descending posterior branch
CB, conus branch;
RVB, right ventricular branch;
RDP, right descending posterior branch
Maximum Intensity Projection (MIP) of a cardiac CT
showing the separate origin of the RCA and conus branch
showing the separate origin of the RCA and conus branch